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<h2>verbatim</h2>



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 \begin{verbatim}

   text 

 \end{verbatim}

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<p>or</p>



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 \begin{verbatim*}

   text

 \end{verbatim*}

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<p>The <tt>verbatim</tt> environment is a paragraph-making

    environment that gets LaTeX to print exactly what you type in.

    It turns LaTeX into a typewriter with carriage returns and

    blanks having the same effect that they would on a typewriter.

    The output looks exactly as it looks in the input file.</p>


<p>The difference between <tt>verbatim</tt> and

    <tt>verbatim*</tt> is that the latter prints spaces as "visual"

    spaces, i.e., a short, squat "u".</p>


<p>The only text which cannot be placed in the <tt>verbatim</tt>

    environment is the 14-character sequence "\end{verbatim}".</p>


<p>The <tt>verbatim</tt> environment may <strong>not</strong> be

    used in the argument of another command. However, it

    <strong>can</strong> be placed inside a

    <a href="ltx-267.html">minipage environment</a> which allows you

    to manipulate it's placement.</p>


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    Also see <a href="ltx-342.html">\verb</a><br>

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